Yael Even Or
By Yael Even Or
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Opinion How a German Town Duped the Neo-Nazis
Every year, residents of the small German town of Wunsiedel are forced to deal with thousands of neo-Nazi activists marching in their streets. Rudolf Hess, who was Hitler’s deputy, was buried in the Bavarian town in 1988. Since then, it has been a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis. Wunsiedel residents tried it all. They protested and…
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Breaking News Albert Einstein Letter on Jewish Heritage on Block for $10K
A letter by Albert Einstein defending his Jewish heritage will go on the auction block in Los Angeles Friday, with bidding starting at $10,000. In the letter written to New York businessman Isidore Zelniker in 1939, the famed scientist emphasized the power of resistance, and the important role of Jewish “traditions of mutual helpfulness.” “The…
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Music A Song for the Victims
Within hours of today’s terrorist attack on the Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood, Israeli singer Amir Benayoun had already written, produced and released a new song about the killing of four Jewish worshipers by Palestinians. The popular musician, who sings in Hebrew and Arabic, has a history of responding to political…
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Breaking News Forward’s Jane Eisner Grabs Newswomen’s Club Honor
Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner has won a Front Page Award for editorial writing from the Newswomen’s Club of New York. Eisner won the award for editorials on conversion to Judaism and the controversy around Israeli company SodaStream. In accepting her award, Eisner thanked the Newswomen’s Club for recognizing the work of the Forward and the…
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Opinion Anti-Sheldon Adelson Vote Signals Bibi’s Mounting Woes
Israeli lawmakers have voted for a bill intended to prevent the free distribution of Sheldon Adelson’s Israel Hayom newspaper — a media outlet that is considered to be a virtual mouthpiece of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Adelson, the controversial founder and owner of the newspaper, made headlines last week when he said: “Israel isn’t going…
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The Schmooze The New Face of Streit’s Matzo: Real Housewives’ Jill Zarin
Getty Images How about some drama with your matzo? “Real Housewives of New York City”s Jill Zarin has apparently signed a deal with Streit’s matzo, The New York Post’s Page Six reports. The kosher food company based in New York’s Lower East Side will pay Zarin a seven-figure sum for the endorsement deal. The 50-year-old…
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Opinion Israel’s Next Threat — A ‘Car Intifada’?
A #Drive4alAqsa meme, part of the “car intifada” campaign / Twitter The past few weeks have seen widespread incitement to violence among both Palestinians and Jewish Israelis. There have been stabbings, harassments, shootings, stone-throwings, hit-and-runs. And now, there’s the “car intifada.” This campaign, which is drawing significant media attention, calls on Palestinians to run over…
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Opinion Using Ebola To Scare Israelis Off African Migrants
Getty Images Nine workers at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport lost their jobs yesterday because they refused to interact with passengers who arrived from Ethiopia. The workers, contractor employees of the Israel Airports Authority, were asked to hand out Ebola information pamphlets to the Ethiopian Airlines passengers and to direct them to an area where they…
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